- What role do NGOs play?
- How can I find out more information about the Khmer Rouge and the trials?
- How is the court financed?
- How much will the trials cost?
- Why was this model chosen for the ECCC?
- Are there any other courts in the world like the ECCC?
- Is the ECCC a Cambodian or an international court?
- Why are the Khmer Rouge leaders not on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague or the International Court of Justice (ICJ)?
- Why is the United Nations involved?
- Will victims be entitled to compensation?
- How can victims participate in the trial?
- What support will be given to witnesses and victims giving testimony, and to people around the country who may be distressed by hearing the testimony?
- What if I want to give information about someone who I believe committed serious crimes during the Khmer Rouge period?
- Do I have to give information to the court?
- Who can be a witness?
- What rights will the defendants have?
- What crimes will be tried? Will the trials use Cambodian law or international law?
- What evidence will be used at the trials?
- What do the trial judges do?
- What if the co-prosecutors or co-investigating judges disagree on whether to take a case to trial?
- Who decides who will be put on trial? And who decides what they will be charged with?
- How will the judges reach decisions?
- How were the judges appointed?
- If we cannot attend the court hearings in person, how will we know what is happening inside the court?
- Who can attend the trials?
- How long will the trials take?
- What is the schedule for the trials?
- What about crimes alleged to have been committed by senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge or others after 1979?
- What about the foreign countries that supported or were involved with Democratic Kampuchea or countries that may have committed war crimes in Cambodia before 1975 - will they go on trial?
- Have any of the Khmer Rouge senior leaders been tried before?
- Will there be amnesties and pardons?
- What punishment will the suspects receive if convicted?
- Who will be put on trial?
- Why has it taken so long to bring to trial those alleged to be responsible for the crimes committed in the Khmer Rouge period?
- Why are we having trials now? How will the Khmer Rouge Trials benefit the people of Cambodia?
Frequently Asked Questions About the ECCC
- What role do NGOs play?
- How can I find out more information about the Khmer Rouge and the trials?
- How is the court financed?
- How much will the trials cost?
- Why was this model chosen for the ECCC?
- Are there any other courts in the world like the ECCC?
- Is the ECCC a Cambodian or an international court?
- Why are the Khmer Rouge leaders not on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague or the International Court of Justice (ICJ)?
- Why is the United Nations involved?
- Will victims be entitled to compensation?
- How can victims participate in the trial?
- What support will be given to witnesses and victims giving testimony, and to people around the country who may be distressed by hearing the testimony?
- What if I want to give information about someone who I believe committed serious crimes during the Khmer Rouge period?
- Do I have to give information to the court?
- Who can be a witness?
- What rights will the defendants have?
- What crimes will be tried? Will the trials use Cambodian law or international law?
- What evidence will be used at the trials?
- What do the trial judges do?
- What if the co-prosecutors or co-investigating judges disagree on whether to take a case to trial?
- Who decides who will be put on trial? And who decides what they will be charged with?
- How will the judges reach decisions?
- How were the judges appointed?
- If we cannot attend the court hearings in person, how will we know what is happening inside the court?
- Who can attend the trials?
- How long will the trials take?
- What is the schedule for the trials?
- What about crimes alleged to have been committed by senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge or others after 1979?
- What about the foreign countries that supported or were involved with Democratic Kampuchea or countries that may have committed war crimes in Cambodia before 1975 - will they go on trial?
- Have any of the Khmer Rouge senior leaders been tried before?
- Will there be amnesties and pardons?
- What punishment will the suspects receive if convicted?
- Who will be put on trial?
- Why has it taken so long to bring to trial those alleged to be responsible for the crimes committed in the Khmer Rouge period?
- Why are we having trials now? How will the Khmer Rouge Trials benefit the people of Cambodia?
Frequently Asked Questions About the ECCC
Snapshot
ECCC Public Affairs Section gave a lecture about the Khmer Rouge tribunal to more than 1,500 students at Phnom Penh International University on 12 November 2010.
Fore more information, please visit www.eccc.gov.kh
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